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In the Miery SwampKing Phillip Fell

Wikipedia's Swampyank, October 15, 2007

1. In the Miery Swamp Marker

Inscription. In the 'Miery Swamp,' 100 feet W.S.W. from this spring, according to tradition, King Philip fell, August 12, 1676, O.S. This stone placed by the R.I. Historical Society. December, 1877.

Erected 1877 by Rhode Island Historical Society.

Location. 41° 40.354′ N, 71° 14.635′ W. Marker is in Bristol, Rhode Island, in Bristol County. Marker can be reached from the intersection of Tower Street (at milepost 0.7), and Metacom Ave (Rhode Island Route 136). Click for map. Head east at Junction of Metacom Avenue (RI 136) and Tower Street. At about milemark .73 on Tower Street east, the road turns northeasterly. A road/trail bears due east from this bend. The marker stone is ~.01 mile east. Marker is in this post office area: Bristol RI 02809, United States of America.

More about this marker. King Philip (Metacom) was the second son of Massasoit, the Wampanoag/Pokanoket tribal leader who according to English sources, prevented the failure of Plymouth Colony and the almost certain starvation that the Pilgrims faced during the earliest years of the colony's establishment.

Agreements between Massasoit and the leaders of Plymouth Colony set the Anglo-American foundation for relations with Indian tribes codified in Section 8 of the United States Constitution.

King Philip's War firmly established the mustering of militia in response to threats, and military relations and policy between the Colonies/United States and the many indigenous peoples and nations of the United States. The early Indian wars were serious life and death struggles for all sides of the conflict. Source accounts and the literature of these grim struggles describe brutal acts by all players.

Contemporary members of the Wampanoag/Pokanoket people live in Massachusetts and Rhode Island today.

4. Philip (Native American chief) Wiki. This page redirects to the Metacomet Wiki, Metacomet being King Philp's name in the Wampanoag language. (Submitted on November 6, 2010.)

5. Wampanoag people Wiki. WŰpan‚ak in the Wampanoag language; alternate spellings Wompanoag or Wampanig) are a Native American nation which currently consists of five tribes.
In 1600 the Wampanoag lived in southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, as well as within a territory that encompassed current day Martha's Vineyard and, Nantucket. Their population numbered about 12,000. (Submitted on November 6, 2010.)

6. Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) Web Page. Web page of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), one of five existing bands/tribes of Wompanoag people. They are one of two Wampanoag tribes presently meeting the requirements of the United States Congress to be a Federally Recognized Indian Tribe. (Submitted on November 6, 2010.)

7. Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Web Page. The Mashpee Wampanoag are one of the five Bands/Tribes of Wampanoag people existing today. They are one of two Wampanoag tribes presently meeting the requirements of the United States Congress to be a Federally Recognized Indian Tribe. (Submitted on November 6, 2010.)

8. Chappaquiddick Wampanoag Tribe Web Page. The Chappaquiddick Wampanoag Tribe is one of the four tribute tribes of the island of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. The other Wampanoag Tribes with ancestral homes on the island are the Deep Bottom, the Christiantown and the Aquinnah. Today, Chappaquiddick Wampanoag people live mostly in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, in the ancestral homelands of the Wampanoag Nation. (Submitted on November 6, 2010.)

9. Web Page of the Herringpond Wampanoag Tribe, Buzzard's Bay Massachusetts Web Page. We are members of the Wampanoag Nation, along with a few other tribes in the area. Our homelands range from the Plymouth (Plimouth Colony) areas to the upper parts of Cape Cod (Bourne, Sandwich and Plymouth). We have been here for thousands of years. We have fished these waters, cultivated these lands and raised our children here. We have been known over the years by many names...Pondville, Manomet, Bournedale, Praying Indians, and Comassakumkanit on old English maps. But we are presently known today as the Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe. (Submitted on November 6, 2010.)

11. Massasoit, Father of King Philip, Wiki. Massasoit Sachem or Ousamequin (c.1581 - 1661) was the sachem, or leader, of the Pokanoket, and "Massasoit" of the Wampanoag Confederacy. The term Massasoit means Great Sachem. (Submitted on November 6, 2010.)

Credits. This page originally submitted on October 31, 2010. This page has been viewed 2,353 times since then. Last updated on November 11, 2013, by Richard Flint of Golden, Colorado. Photo1. submitted on October 31, 2010. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.